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Re: A sad farewell

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Tue, 03 November 2020 20:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: A sad farewell
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From: Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>
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On 11/3/20 3:07 PM, Toerless Eckert wrote:

> To me, IETF is best when it is driven by engagement of contributors,
> and (rough) community consensus, and not by leadership decisions.
> Unfortunately, i think we are shifting more and more to this leadership
> preference based constrainment of innitiatives, innovation and activities,
> spending more time on prohibiting activities than encouraging them.
> This is IMHO, what is going to kill IETF if it continues.

+1.

The proper role of the leadership is to facilitate community consensus, 
but I keep seeing examples of leadership trying to dictate outcomes.

Keith

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